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Southern Mongolia infrastructure : land transport infrastructure to support mining development (Inglés, Mongol)

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This report describes the options, and their associated costs and benefits, for developing land transport infrastructure and services to support the development of key mines in Southern Mongolia. It discusses the potential for private-sector investment...
Vea más +This report describes the options, and their associated costs and benefits, for developing land transport infrastructure and services to support the development of key mines in Southern Mongolia. It discusses the potential for private-sector investment in infrastructure and develops a decision framework for infrastructure development in the region. There are at least eight major coal and mineral projects in the South Gobi which are expected to come into production in the next five years or so; these are mostly coal mines but also including a one of the largest copper deposits in the world. This will be accompanied by an increase in population and the development of associated urban centers. Together, there will be a substantial increase in the demand for transport, both to transport mineral production to markets and to provide goods and services to the local population and industry. The principal economic driver of new rail construction will be the coal flows. Whilst the base metal mines have the capacity to earn large amounts of revenue, the volume of freight they generate is relatively limited and, even for Oyu Tolgoi, will be unable to justify significant new rail construction, whilst a regional population of less than 100,000 will likewise be much more economically served by truck and bus rather than a new railway. The mine inputs of supplies and fuel are generally an order of magnitude smaller than the mine output unless there is a smelter attached to the mine and, with the exception of fuel, are generally not well suited to rail transport. In comparable situations, mining supplies are generally collected from a number of suppliers and delivered as a mixed load by road as long as there is road access. These inputs therefore will rarely be a deciding factor as to whether or not a railway is constructed. In addition to the mines themselves, there will be demand for passenger and freight transport from the settlements in South Gobi. However, again this is unlikely to be significant in terms of deciding whether or not a line is built and most, if not all of this traffic is likely to be transported by road.
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